Bareback

I decided to take this book on faith as I thought Brokeback Mountain was decidedly romantic despite it having a very sad ending.
This story is SOOO much better than Brokeback.
I love Bodice Rippers as a genre and despite the fact that this book has two male protagonists I didn't find the subject matter any different. Indeed I found the pair of them to be so sweet I'd have quite happily climbed in the middle.
The Characters are Jake Taggart and Tornado, two thirty something gay cowboys who work alongside each other on a cattle ranch in Arkensas.
Tornado and the ranch truck go missing in a thunderstorm and Jake sets off to find him. Discovering that there seems to be no discernible reason for Tornado to have made Jake get very wet and uncomfortable a very heated argument ensues, uncovering a passion for each other far hotter than any storm. The book covers the trials and tribulations of their relationship over about five years and is well written and very riveting.